take center stage
idiom
: to be in a main or very important position
The issue is expected to take center stage in the elections.
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Fashion week: Nigerian fashion designers are ready for their industry to take center stage.
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Melissa Kirsch Andrew Lavallee Melissa Clark, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Yet, as fate would have it, the skies opened up by the time Monday morning rolled around and let the sun take center stage just in time for the cosmic event.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Here's what else fans can expect from the reunion:
Part 1: Sunday, March 31: The season eight reunion kicks off as the women take center stage among their Monarch magazine Icons gallery to rehash all of the drama that occurred both on and off camera.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
For aspiring artists and seasoned creators alike, the advent of NFTs represents a paradigm shift towards a more equitable and accessible art world, where talent and passion take center stage.
—Kyle Russell, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
But those are the kind of people who take center stage in my work—those othered by any means, even if only psychologically.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright's marital woes take center stage in the latest trailer for The Valley.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Stunts take center stage in Universal Pictures’ new movie version of The Fall Guy, which revolves around an explosive sci-fi-Western.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth February 28-March 23, 2025 In this contemporary production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, ambition and political intrigue take center stage.
—David Catlin, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
Melissa Kirsch Andrew Lavallee Melissa Clark, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Yet, as fate would have it, the skies opened up by the time Monday morning rolled around and let the sun take center stage just in time for the cosmic event.
—Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2024
Here's what else fans can expect from the reunion:
Part 1: Sunday, March 31: The season eight reunion kicks off as the women take center stage among their Monarch magazine Icons gallery to rehash all of the drama that occurred both on and off camera.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024
For aspiring artists and seasoned creators alike, the advent of NFTs represents a paradigm shift towards a more equitable and accessible art world, where talent and passion take center stage.
—Kyle Russell, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
But those are the kind of people who take center stage in my work—those othered by any means, even if only psychologically.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024
Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright's marital woes take center stage in the latest trailer for The Valley.
—Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
Stunts take center stage in Universal Pictures’ new movie version of The Fall Guy, which revolves around an explosive sci-fi-Western.
—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 13 Mar. 2024
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth February 28-March 23, 2025 In this contemporary production of Shakespeare's Macbeth, ambition and political intrigue take center stage.
—David Catlin, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
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